44 G. King — Materiab for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula^ [No. 1, 
long. Leaves very diasimilar, the larger of each pair ptjtioled, Bymme- 
trical, or filmost so, ^ lanceolate, gradually t^iperiiig towards both ends, 
entire, somewbat fleshy, pale-browii on both sides when dry, 3'5-5'5 in. 
by '8-1 '25 in., 5-uerved from the base (Hie outer nerves faint, snb- 
mftrgiuftl) with faint obliqne transverse veins ; petiole '35-*4 in. long ; 
email leaves reniform, cordate, very minute, *05 in. in diam., or 
suppressed, Oymes terminal and from the upper axilsj ped uncled, few- 
flowered; peduncle filiform, st-'o in. long; pedicels fine, not spongy 
when mature, ■1-12 in. long. Floiver unknown. Fruit semtglobose, 
smooth, '08-'l in, by '12 in., crowned by the ultimately decidnona 
calyx-margin the teeth of which are very broadly triangalar and 
cuspidate. 
Pahang ; Tahan River, Ridley 2237 ! 
9. Phtllaoathir, Blurae. 
Herbaceous small sln-ubs with very short stems. leaves opposite 
for the terminal leaf solitary), large, petioled, orbicular, or sub-orbi- 
cular, 7-9-nerved. Flowers in a ^pediinoled dense head, purple, 
Oalyz-tnhe campannlatc, glabrous or with long bristles near the top, 
teeth 4 (rarely 3), acute, long'setose. Petals 4 (rarely 3), ovate, acute, 
glabrous. Stameiis 8 (rarely 6), equal ; anthers elongate, scarcely 
produced at the base, connective without appendage. Ovary adnate 
to the bottom of the calyjt- tube, 4- (rarely 3-) celled, glabrous at the 
apex; style filiform; ovules very numerous, placentas large axile. 
Capsule broadly fnuuel- shaped, opening by 4 valves at the top. Seeds 
ellipsoid, somewhat obo void, with glandular, hardly raised dots ; raphe 
slightly excurrent along one side of the seed its whole length. — ^DfBTRlB. 
Species 5 ; all Malayan. 
Le^Y^a oblanceolate ... ,,, ... ... I. tul&rtulata, 
LetiveB more or less orbicular; pedunclea of inRorescence 
many inchea long nnd ns Hong na or longer than tlio long 
petioles : — 
Flowers in narrow, shortly brotiolied panicles 2, P. GHj^iihii. 
Flowera in terminal eolittiry ebracteate umbels : — 
PeduDcles glabrous ... .„ ,„ 3. P. ScorieehiniL 
Peduncles hispid ,„ .„ 4i, P,kiipida. 
Flowers in bracteato umbels with peduodea I or 
2 inches long « ,„ ... „. 5. P. rotundifoUa. 
1. Phtllagathis tduebculata, King, n. 8p. Stem short, woody, 
erect, covered with small warts. Leaves two or three, membranone, 
oblanceolate, shoi-tly acuminate, very gradually naiiiowed to the short 
hispid petiole, 7- to 9-nerved i upper surface glabrous except for a few 
